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Apple begins offering special ‘dev-fused’ iPhones to security researchers

July 22, 2020

Last year at the Black Hat security conference, Apple’s head of security Ivan Krstic said the compnay would give its most-trusted researchers a special “dev-fused” iPhone with unprecedented access to the the device, making it easier to find and report security vulnerabilities in what Apple calls the iOS Security Research Device program. Apple’s iPhone 11…

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Apple offers record bounty, up to $1 million, to researchers who find iOS security flaws; adds macOS to program

August 8, 2019

Apple is offering cyber security researchers up to $1 million to detect flaws in iPhones, the largest reward offered by a company to defend against hackers. Joseph Menn for Reuters: [Apple new bounty program] comes at a time of rising concern about governments breaking into the mobile devices of dissidents, journalists and human rights advocates….

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Apple hands hackers secret iPhones in a bid to boost security; to offer Apple Mac bug bounty

August 6, 2019

Thomas Brewster for Forbes: Later this week, at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, Apple is to announce plans to give security researchers special iPhones that will make it easier for them to find weaknesses in the smartphone, Forbes has learned. It’ll also be announcing an Apple Mac bounty, so anyone who can…

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5 black hat strategies you should avoid on your website

August 15, 2017

If you are new to search engine optimization strategies, then you are in the right place. Black hat SEO means that your efforts are disapproved of. These strategies are intended to increase a page ranking within a search engine such as Google, however, they are in violation of Google’s terms of service and rules. The…

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‘Quadrooter’ security flaws said to affect over 900 million Android devices

August 8, 2016

“Four newly-discovered vulnerabilities found in Android phones and tablets that ship with a Qualcomm chip could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected device,” Zack Whittaker reports for ZDNet. “The set of vulnerabilities, dubbed “Quadrooter,” affects over 900 million phone and tablets, according to Check Point researchers who discovered the flaws,” Whittaker…

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Black Hat 2016: Apple’s iPhone destroys Android phones in security

August 4, 2016

“Apple iPhones are drubbing their Android counterparts on the mobile security front, say Atredis Partners founders Shawn Moyer and Josh Thomas,” Allison Gatlin reports for Investor’s Business Daily. “‘Not that many (Android users) are on the newest release of the OS (operating system),’ Thomas said. ‘It’s like Windows 95 out in the wild… People are…

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Not All Hackers Are Bad – Short Guide To Hacker Hat Colors

August 19, 2015

The Short Guide To Hacker Hat Colors Hackers. The name given to those who can break into computer systems and manipulate it for their own nefarious reasons, usually financial in nature. Day after day we hear the news talk about the latest hack, Target, US Postal Service, IRS, Albertson’s and the list goes on. But…

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BadUSB: The unfixable flaw that infects USB devices is now on the loose

October 3, 2014

“It’s been just two months since researcher Karsten Nohl demonstrated an attack he called BadUSB to a standing-room-only crowd at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, showing that it’s possible to corrupt any USB device with insidious, undetectable malware,” Andy Greenberg reports for Wired. “Given the severity of that security problem—and the lack…

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Why the security of USB is fundamentally broken and cannot be fixed

July 31, 2014

“Computer users pass around USB sticks like silicon business cards,” Andy Greenberg reports for Wired. “lthough we know they often carry malware infections, we depend on antivirus scans and the occasional reformatting to keep our thumbdrives from becoming the carrier for the next digital epidemic. But the security problems with USB devices run deeper than…

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Apple fixing bug that allows fake charging stations to hack iPhones

August 1, 2013

“Apple Inc’s next software update for its iPhones and iPads will fix a security flaw that allows hackers to engage in spying and cyber crimes when the victim connects the device to a fake charging station, the company said on Wednesday,” Jim Finkle reports for Reuters. “Three computer scientists, who alerted Apple to the problem…

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